Feasibility and acceptability of a novel community-based mental health intervention delivered by community volunteers in Maharashtra, India: the Atmiyata programme

Table 4 Population-level impact on reduction in mean GHQ scores in the intervention and control areas

GHQ12 score	Intervention N = 829	Control N = 841
Baseline (Aug-Sept 2014)	2.68 ± 0.08	1.50 ± 0.05
End line (Aug-Sept 2015)	2.51 ± 0.07	2.19 ± 0.06
Change in mean GHQ score from baseline to end line	− 0.16 ± 0.10^a	0.69 ± 0.08^b
Percent of respondents with decrease in scores	43.1	29.2^c

Values are Mean ± Standard Mean Error
a. Between groups change over baseline was assessed by independent sample t test
The scores were significantly reduced in Intervention group as compared to control (p = 0.046)
b. Change over baseline was significant as assessed by paired t test (p = 0.001)
c. DifferenceinproportionwasstatisticallysignificantasassessedbyChi-squaretest (p = 0.001)

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